Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex disorder that commonly results in diminished physical function, poor quality of life, and reduced life expectancy [1]. While several treatments such as exercise therapy [2] (Pilates, strength, flexibility, conditioning ...
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Brain-targeted treatment in people with painful knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: was it feasible?
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Response to the blog ‘Brain-targeted treatment in people with painful knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: was it feasible?’
This is a very good summary and commentary regarding the osteoarthritis (OA) and brain training research project [1] that dominated several years of my life. I work full-time as a clinician in the Osteoarthritis Hip ...
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The Pharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Pain in Children: Are We Any Better Off Today?
In the last three decades we have witnessed the expansion of the scientific study of pain and its treatment: from bench to bedside, from biology to psychology, the treatment of pain has gone from a ...
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Adding motor imagery to motor control training can improve neck sensorimotor function
Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders with a global annual prevalence of 37% [1]. People with neck pain show neck-specific motor control dysfunction including impaired proprioception [2] and sensorimotor function, altered ...
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Treating chronic low back pain: is it as simple as changing a person’s mindset?
Mindset. It’s an interesting, some would say controversial topic. Carol Dweck and colleagues [1] first started investigating school students’ attitudes to failure and were intrigued as to why some students rebounded and others seemed devastated ...